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Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably win narrow approval from his coalition government for a U.S. proposal to extend a freeze on West Bank settlement building, Israeli political…

Reuters - The death toll in Haiti’s cholera epidemic climbed on Thursday to 800, according to an American medical expert, but U.S. health authorities said the risk of widespread transmission…

Reuters - Brazilians are expected to elect a woman as president for the first time on Sunday, backing her to emerge from the shadow of President Luiz Inacio Lula da…

Reuters - Deaths from Haiti’s cholera epidemic approached 300 on Tuesday, and health experts said the illness would “settle” in the poor Caribbean nation, joining other endemic diseases like malaria…

AP - Iran has imposed new restrictions on 12 university social sciences deemed to be based on Western schools of thought and therefore incompatible with Islamic teachings, state radio reported…

AP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was promoted to a key post in the Communist Party’s military committee Monday, affirming his path to be the country’s leader within three…

AP - Hopes dimmed for progress at climate talks in China as negotiators moved into their final day Saturday with little consensus.

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AP - The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was elected to his first prominent posts in the ruling Workers’ Party, state media said early Wednesday, putting…

AP - Goldman Sachs & Co. is expected to be fined around $30 million by British authorities following an investigation of the big Wall Street bank’s activities in London, according…

AP - The United Nations appeared to have met its target of $460 million in immediate aid for flood-stricken Pakistan on Thursday after the U.S. and other nations significantly upped…